What Story Does Aeneas Recount In Book 2 Of The Aeneid?

With Aeneas’s claim that his tale of Troy’s fall is so sad that it would bring tears to the eyes of a soldier as harsh as Ulysses, Virgil calls attention to his own act of reconstructing the episode from a different angle.

Who is Aeneas telling the story to?

The long and painful story of Dido’s group’s travels has been told by Aeneas. The sack of Troy ended the war between Greece and Troy.

What happens to Priam in the Aeneid Book 2?

Priam tried to stab his opponent, but failed. Priam was dragged through the blood of his son to the altar, where he was killed. Aeneas thought of his father, Anchises, as he watched the scene.

What story does Aeneas tell in Book 2?

With Aeneas’s claim that his tale of Troy’s fall is so sad that it would bring tears to the eyes of a soldier as harsh as Ulysses, Virgil calls attention to his own act of reconstructing the episode from a different angle.

How do Turnus and Aeneas decide to end the conflict between their peoples?

Turnus decided to fight Aeneas alone for the kingdom and Lavinia. King Latinus and Queen Amata wanted Turnus to surrender and protect his life, but he refused to do so. Latinus got Aeneas’s consent to draw up the treaty.

What ghost or ghosts appear and speak to Aeneas in Book 2?

Aeneas had a dream in which he was warned of a fire and the enemy within the city by the bloody ghost of a great warrior, who was dead. Troy can’t be saved and Aeneas needs to find a new home. Aeneas is woken up by fighting in the streets.

 

Which god plots did Dido fall in love with Aeneas?

Dido’s love for Aeneas is thought to be a way to keep Aeneas out of Italy. Venus was told to find a way to get Dido and Aeneas alone.

What does Creusa’s Ghost tell Aeneas he will find?

He met the shade, or ghost, of Creusa, who told him that it was his fate to stay in Troy. She thinks he will marry another person in Hesperia, Italy. She wants Aeneas to take care of their child and not leave.

What happens to Aeneas wife Creusa?

The mother of Ascanius was the wife of Aeneas. As Creusa’s family attempts to flee the city, Aeneas tells them he will find a new wife at his new home.

Why did Aeneas leave Dido in the Aeneid?

After Dido realized that Aeneas would leave Carthage to fulfill his destiny, which didn’t involve a union with her, she put a curse on him and his progenitors.

When did Aeneas tell the story?

Aeneas was asked to tell his story at the Dido’s palace. The fall of Troy, the death of Priam, and the escape of Aeneas from his father, Anchises, are told in the second book of Aeneas. The story of the horse is told by Aeneas.

What is the conflict between Aeneas and Turnus?

Latinus was told by Aeneas that he wanted no kingdom for himself. He wants to build a city in which he and his countrymen can live in peace. The fight between Aeneas and Turnus is described to be earth- shattering.

How does Dido respond when Aeneas decides to leave her?

Dido has a response to Aeneas leaving. What is he going to do about her? She makes a speech filled with pathos to him but he replies coldly (hiding his love for her) and explains about Mercury and that he doesn’t want to stay.

Was the Trojan horse?

The story of the horse has been told many times. In the Odyssey, it is mentioned that Greek soldiers took the city of Troy after hiding in a giant horse that was supposed to be an offering to the goddess.

Was Aeneas Trojan or Greek?

The fact that Aeneas was free after the war because he was an enemy of the Greeks made him fit for the part that assigned him.

When Hector’s bloody ghost appears to Aeneas in a dream what does it say?

Aeneas was told that he must escape from Troy by taking Troy’s sacred emblems and the Penates.